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>>1204
Hard to really say without watching it first. I don't wanna disrespect the other adaptions, they weren't strictly speaking faithful plot wise but they were great. I guess that's what makes me feel off too. I like the manga version of Motoko less than the anime.

>>1203
OP here. I plan to finish the manga before I watch the release in July.I have already read GITS 1 and am currently reading 1.5. I have read both but I want to understand it better as the footnotes often provide more detail around some of the technology and terms used. Hopefully I'll finish GITS 2 by the time of the release.

>>1203
I think the only thing that sort of strieks me as odd is how it's replicating Shirow's style (and in turn the cutscenes from the PSX game) with coloring more akin to modern tv anime, but otherwise it does look alright to me. Though how it looks for a full episode is anyone's guess. I think the series justifies far more than anything since SAC first ending in the 2000s since GiTS never having a faithful adaptation compared to Dominion, Appleseed, or even Black Magic is reason enough to give it a shot, though admittedly I wasn't a big fan of the manga and Oshii basically doing his own thing for the movie was something I liked a lot more.
>>1206
>Hopefully I'll finish GITS 2 by the time of the release.
Anon for the Love of God do NOT read Man Machine interface. Basically nobody acknowledges it (this piece of art is the only thing I can think of which referenced it in any way) and was in the period of time when Shirow decided using 3D renders for manga was a good idea. Do yourself and stop after 1.5

>>1207
>I wasn't a big fan of the manga and Oshii basically doing his own thing for the movie was something I liked a lot more.
Agreed. Oshii's movie is darker and more mature, tonally closer to his work on the Kerberos series instead of the horny action comedy that is Shirow's manga. The movie and SAC are much better. Shirow's shows us fancy technologies without really getting into the mud of how they shape the characters subjectivity and there are a lot of childish action tropes and gratuitous sex. Oshii's movie feels like the polar opposite of this. What would a more faithful adaption actually look like? I'm guessing an episodic structure that follows the manga? But how does that bring anything fresh or interesting? I can just read that stuff anyway.

I guess its a big question mark but my gut feeling tells me its just another attempt to cash in on a known brand that's aimed specifically at people who were introduced to GiTS in the 90s or 2000s. This is the Disneyfication of anime. Like Alien Romulus, by no means a bad film, but a rerun of all the old beats where all the old stock tropes of the franchise are reheated and revisited without adding much of anything, I have a feeling this new anime will be similar to that.

I personally don't really like the direction of GITS 2026, but apparently I also wouldn't have actually liked GITS in general, so I'm just not the target audience. Good for the fans and them getting a manga-accurate adaptation, though.

i think jiren SUCKS

Hate to break it to you but I sincerely doubt most of the ppl who use this board give a fuck about modern Dragon Ball

But to answer your question, wouldn’t be surprised if Toyotaro brings him back, depending on if they’ll actually let him continue the manga

>>1059

You would be correct.

Unless they give him some sort of asspull (Which now that I think about it is pretty common in Dragon Ball…) I doubt he'll come back stronger. He did play a semi-important role in heroes though and he still is one of the strongest in all 12 universes so I feel like he will make another appearance but not on a level that rivals Goku.

Ive been watching alot 2000s stuff lately and am pleasantly surprised at how well most of it holds up. Ofcourse i had to hunt down the versions that i watched back then since alot of my nostalgia seems to be attached to them over later so-called better modern rereleases but that may be different for you.

>>149

R.O.D the TV really only is going to be remembered by those that caught it on anime unleashed, all five of us that watched it back then, with its messed up broadcast order. A shame because even today i think it stands out. The ova gets summed up in episode 14 and tied to the show so if you didnt watch that first youll be spoiled if you do after. I can say that i remember the ending to be WAY different than it was but 20 years since the last time you watched something will do that to you.

>>168

I rewatched this since i havent seen it since my bootleg days and i noticed they cleaned up the animation in it some. There was no dub for it back when i watched it so i gave that a watch also. Its not as bad as i remember but its still not great, ill comprise and upgrade my opinion to middling. This is another show i remember the ending being different but not as badly as the one above.


>>718

Witch hunter robin had a dub way before crunchyroll existed, i cant rewatch it the modern releases you can barely hear the BGM and the show is much too quiet without it.

Metropolis is really great, an all-timer for me, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk about it, not even sakugaheads
I would say something about Big O, since it's well-liked among those who are into the specific genre convergence it goes for, but isn't really known outside of that but its first episode was Oct. 1999 ah too bad

>>1191
I'm pretty sure the only reason the show exists is because of the success of the OVA. I watched the former within the last couple years just because of how good the later was. I think it's still remembered especially for being a good ova before just before they generally stopped making notable ones past the early 2000s. Even in modern discussion people give a lot of focus to 90s (or near 90s) ovas. This could end up directing more people to the TV show.

I enjoyed them both for different reasons. The ova has pretty much no plot filler and barely even explains character motivations, but it's largely just about action, cute girls and good animation so it works well. The show necessarily has to linger and explain more to occupy more time which gives it a different feel, including a lot of downer moments I could easily see someone being disappointed by the show in comparison, but I liked getting to know more about the universe and characters after feeling really confused by certain parts of the ova in isolation. The fast pace and low exposition makes sense considering they were pulling from a multi-book light novel series for only 3 episodes originally, although I know the plots aren't exactly the same.

For related reasons, I've also considered reading the manga. Don't know if my moon-rune powers will ever be strong enough to read the actual books, even if I do maintain an interest.
>inb3 Read them… or die

>>1192
You can see Konaka going back to the concept of the city after the cataclysms where everyone has forgotten the past with Texhnolyze

For me its basically anything yoshitishi abe related - Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei, Texhnolyze. Also his involment in character designs in Welcome to NHK . Other than that Genshiken (i like to watch it and pretend in still in collage) and Moyashimon.

I only started reading the series a few months ago. Almost done with volume 5 of the collector's edition. I had no idea the series had like dimension hopping and stuff like that. I thought it was mostly just a slice of life series.

Places like /rozen/ on zzzchan still exist, but I feel the overall popularity never really reached the levels it did of the days of desuposting. Though if you ask at random which doll everyone likes you could probably revive discussion and go from there. Or by getting people to do the stuff nobody really touched like the PS2 games.

I Have started to Watch the anime and I am thinking of going into the other stuff related to it.

This is coming up on my mental rewatch list but not right now, im still catching up with other stuff before it cronologically.

>>1188
Because you posted it.
Now if I posted it, it would've stayed up.
Suigintou.

it's annoying when it makes the action hard to follow but I think it can be nice for emphasis

Like this?

hayai!

bro imma do dis trust

Alien 9 and phallic foodstuff do not go together

>>1152
Your opinion (as well as my opinion and that of every other anon) is irrelevant. Boards aren't reddit/twitter/steam. Especially if you didn't like or understand something.

>>1154
Politeness is doesn't cost you anything you know